What is the best indicator for entry and exit?

There is no supported universal winner. Compare explicit rules on the market and timeframe you intend to trade, with the same sizing and costs. One indicator can define both entry and exit; multiple indicators are useful only if their additional rules justify their complexity in testing.

How do you tell if an MT4 entry indicator repaints?

Log when each signal first appears during forward observation, including its plotted bar and confirmation time. Compare saved observations after new bars and a reload. Inspect the source if available: a fractal arrow drawn on an earlier bar may have required later bars to confirm. A static historical chart cannot prove that signals were available at the displayed time.

What is a Chandelier Exit indicator?

A common construction subtracts an ATR multiple from a rolling highest high for a long exit reference, or adds it to a rolling lowest low for a short reference. Lookback, ATR settings, ratcheting, and reset rules vary. The raw line can move away from price; an actual stop requires an explicit order rule.

Can I set automated entry and exit alerts in TradingView?

A Pine indicator can expose alertcondition triggers or use alert calls. You must create the alert in TradingView and configure the available delivery channel. An alert is a notification, not a broker order or a guaranteed fill. Running alerts use saved script settings and should be recreated after relevant changes.

Can RSI 70/30 be used for both entry and exit?

Yes, as explicitly defined rules to test. RSI can stay above 70 or below 30 during a sustained trend, so a threshold reading alone does not prove reversal or identify an optimal exit. Specify crossing direction, confirmation, sizing, and the loss exit rather than assuming these levels work in every regime.

How do I generate MT4 and TradingView indicators without coding?

Describe the exact rules to the corresponding Pineify AI Coding Agent, including timing and edge cases. Review the generated Pine Script or MQL4 source, compile it in the intended environment, and test its behavior. Code generation does not establish signal accuracy, profitable performance, or broker deployment.

Strategy system guide

Best Entry and Exit Indicators: Time Signals and Manage Exits

Choosing entry and exit indicators starts with the rule you want to test. Moving averages and momentum crosses can define entries; ATR-based levels or opposite signals can define exits. No pairing is universally best. Specify when each value becomes available, how orders fill, and how losses are limited before comparing results after costs.

Build Entry and Exit System

Define the job before choosing an indicator

A system needs explicit entry, sizing, and exit rules; it does not necessarily need separate indicators for each job. An opposite moving-average cross can be a valid exit rule to test. Adding more indicators increases complexity and can fit historical noise without improving future results.

System component	Decision to specify	Candidate inputs	Important limit
Trend filter	Which direction or regime permits a trade?	Price relative to an EMA; ADX for strength	ADX alone does not identify bullish or bearish direction
Entry trigger	What event starts a position, and when is it known?	Confirmed momentum cross or a break of a prior channel	A signal price is not necessarily the available fill price
Initial stop	What price invalidates the trade?	Confirmed swing level or an ATR distance from entry	A stop is not a guaranteed fill at that price, especially across gaps
Exit update	When does an existing exit change?	Opposite cross, ratcheted ATR trail, or a fixed target	Define priority if more than one exit is touched within a bar

Entry indicators to compare on TradingView and MT4

These are candidate rules, not a performance ranking. Keep position sizing and exit rules fixed while comparing entries so that you can identify what changed.

Moving-average pullback: define the trend, the permitted distance from the average, and a closed-bar trigger. An average touch alone does not establish favorable risk or a reversal.
Stochastic RSI or MACD cross: specify lengths, smoothing, and whether the cross must survive the close. A momentum cross can repeat during a range.
Donchian breakout: compare price with a channel built from prior bars; including the current high in an upper breakout threshold changes the condition. Supertrend uses a different, volatility-based construction and should be tested separately.
MT4 arrows: inspect the buffer calculation and the first time an arrow becomes available. A pivot drawn on an earlier bar may only be confirmed several bars later; its chart location is not its decision time.

Exit formulas and the rules they leave unspecified

N denotes a lookback and k an ATR multiplier. Choose the ATR length and update timing explicitly. A plotted boundary does not place an order. The expressions below describe level construction; executable order rules also need activation, rounding to tick size, and fill handling.

Exit indicator	Level or recurrence	What must also be specified
Chandelier-style level	Long: highest high over N bars − k × ATR. Short: lowest low over N bars + k × ATR.	A rolling window or rising ATR can loosen the raw level. Define whether the active stop ratchets and how it resets on a new position.
ATR trailing stop	Initial long stop: entry − k × ATR at entry. One possible later rule: max(previous stop, highest price since entry − k × current ATR).	For a short, use min(previous stop, lowest price since entry + k × current ATR). Update only after the specified bar is available; do not apply a newly calculated stop retrospectively within that bar.
Parabolic SAR	Candidate SAR = previous SAR + previous AF × (previous EP − previous SAR).	This is only the recurrence. The full algorithm also checks reversals, constrains levels against prior bars, and updates or resets the extreme point and acceleration factor.
Keltner channel	A common version uses EMA ± k × ATR.	Choose the moving average, range method, and lengths. Percentage moving-average envelopes are a different construction. A band touch alone does not establish that price will reverse.

A hypothetical rule set you can test

The following long-only example is an untested specification, not a recommended parameter set or a backtest result. All levels are in the instrument’s price units.

Regime and trigger: require the last completed daily close to be above its 200-day EMA. On a 15-minute chart, require a confirmed close crossing above its 50-bar EMA. Use only completed daily values and specify the next available execution price.
Initial risk illustration: if the actual fill is 100 and the entry ATR is 2, an illustrative 1.5 × ATR stop is 97. The planned distance is 3 per unit before fees, slippage, or contract multipliers; a gap can produce a larger loss.
Trail illustration: after a completed bar, a highest price since entry of 108 and current ATR of 2 give a 3 × ATR candidate of 102. If the previous stop was 103, a long ratchet retains 103. It does not loosen to 102 or claim a fill on a bar before the update became available.
Comparison: test this exit against an opposite-cross exit using the same entries and sizing. Keep a later period outside parameter selection, include costs, and report drawdown and trade count alongside returns. No results for this example are asserted here.

Check timing, repainting, and execution separately

Closed-bar confirmation reduces signals that appear and disappear within the current chart bar. It does not by itself prevent higher-timeframe repainting, delayed pivots drawn into the past, or changes caused by revised data.

Record the signal time during forward observation, then compare after reloading. Check higher-timeframe confirmation and lookahead settings rather than relying only on a screenshot of historical arrows.
Audit tick-by-tick strategy settings and historical fill assumptions. Historical OHLC bars do not reveal the complete order of trades inside each bar; lower-timeframe data can improve detail without reproducing every real fill.
Model commissions and slippage, explain spread assumptions, and inspect gaps or bars touching both stop and target. A profitable simulation does not establish live profitability.
Create the alert in the TradingView interface after adding the script. Verify its condition, frequency, and destination; recreate it after relevant script or input changes because running alerts retain a saved configuration.

Where Pineify fits

Pine Script AI Coding Agent

Draft Pine Script v6 indicators, alert conditions, and strategies from explicit entry and exit rules. Compile and inspect the output; strategy orders are simulated by TradingView’s broker emulator.

Also useful: MQL4 AI Coding Agent. Draft MQL4 indicator or Expert Advisor source for your rules. Compilation, broker-specific checks, testing, and any deployment remain separate steps.

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Frequently asked questions

Educational information only, not financial or investment advice. Indicator rules and hypothetical examples do not establish future returns. Stops, alerts, and backtests have execution and data limits.

Sources and verification

Last verified: 2026-10-20